Dive Brief:
- The Nevada System of Higher Education commissioned a study of the state's four community colleges last year but then suppressed findings that were critical of leadership.
- The Las Vegas Review Journal reports higher ed officials first worked with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems or NCHEMS to alter the report so it was more positive and then quashed it altogether.
- The original report was commissioned to give state lawmakers more information about the state's community colleges and ideas for improvement.
Dive Insight:
A finding in the original review criticized the Nevada System of Higher Education for having a leadership team with little experience in academia. The Review-Journal suggests that could be why they were so willing to step away from basic tenets of academic integrity. The article did not include any calls for resignations, but the lack of commitment to acknowledge problems, let alone work to improve them, suggests the system may need it.